[Board] Fwd: Bronze sponsors who seek SEO improvements

[Jody Garnett]

I think we can move on a lot of this without waiting:
- I removed the prior sponsors (all of them) so the SEO is no longer a
question, prior sponsors were only there for marketing impact - and now
that we have a successful sponsorship program the list no longer provides
value.
- For many of these communication items we just need Venka to act, or
delegate to a vice president.
- For the votes/discussion let's make the motion on loomio to force the
issue.

There is still plenty to have a meeting about :)

--
Jody Garnett

On 24 June 2017 at 03:29, Helena Mitasova <hmitaso at ncsu.edu> wrote:

> Venka,
>
> should we try to schedule a late June meeting - perhaps June 29? There is
> a number of things we need to discuss and vote on in addition to votes that
> need to be done right away -
>
> quick votes needed:
> - authorize Jodi to remove SEO from past sponsors list
> - authorize a board member to explain UN personnel that foss4g does not
> cover registration fees for UN (unless they are sponsors or volunteers or
> give a workshop).
>
> votes/discussion needed before the end of June
> - MoU with IGU
> - upcoming important MoU with US Department of Interior - I have a draft
> for you to read and discuss
> - new website issues/ help/info needed that Jodi has raised in his emails
> - foss4g AGM, f2f, travel support for board members, website code sprint
> - elections?
>
> as soon as we have the date I can put this on the wiki so that others can
> add agenda items.
>
> Thank you, Helena
>
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 5:40 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I would like the board or marketing committee to direct me in that, I
>> personally like that idea.
>> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 8:27 AM Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 4:45 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > It is now June and I am removing our last SEO sponsor entry.
>>>
>>> Can SEO sponsors also be removed from the previous sponsors section?
>>>
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Jody Garnett
>>> >
>>> > On 6 April 2017 at 05:42, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I double checked, two of the organizations is question have now been
>>> >> removed; the last one get's removed in June.
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Jody Garnett
>>> >>
>>> >> On 5 April 2017 at 23:54, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I am waiting for their year to be up before removing, they did
>>> sponsor
>>> >>> for a year and we took their money.
>>> >>> On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 11:49 PM Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Hi Andreas,
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Andreas Neumann <andreas at qgis.org>
>>> >>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Hi OSGEO board / officers,
>>> >>>>> I would like to investigate about the OSGEO sponsors policy.
>>> Especially
>>> >>>>> in the light that we had and have similar requests from "dubious"
>>> sponsors
>>> >>>>> in the QGIS project. Also maybe to align our policies.
>>> >>>>> I am relating to the bronze sponsors listed at
>>> >>>>> http://www.osgeo.org/content/sponsorship/sponsors.html
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> ChameleonJohn
>>> >>>>> Apps4Rent
>>> >>>>> Dealslands
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> These companies are not active in the geospatial domain. The sole
>>> >>>>> purpose of their sponsorship is to get search engine optimizations
>>> by
>>> >>>>> getting increased trust from a popular Open Source project. They
>>> are willing
>>> >>>>> to pay such small sponsorships and get an awful lot of value from
>>> it. It is
>>> >>>>> simply advertising for their business that has nothing to do with
>>> "geo".
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> I would suggest the OSGEO board to not accept such sponsorships in
>>> the
>>> >>>>> future and remove the existing "dubious" ones completely, once
>>> they expire.
>>> >>>>> Since they are 2016 sponsors - maybe they can be removed already?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Thank you for reminding us about this issue! You'll be happy to know
>>> >>>> that the OSGeo board already voted to not accept this kind of
>>> sponsors
>>> >>>> anymore, see
>>> >>>> https://www.loomio.org/d/RmDdysre/update-sponsorship-instruc
>>> tions-to-restrict-search-engine-optimization-companies
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Concerning removing 2016's questionable sponsors, maybe Jody knows
>>> if
>>> >>>> removal now is ok with our agreements.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Best wishes,
>>> >>>> Anita
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
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>>> >>> --
>>> >>> Jody Garnett
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
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